The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-12-27
INDIANA ANDILLINOIS NEWS
The Daily Chronicle of Happenings of
All Kinds in the Two States.
Evansville Experiences the Evil Effects of
Democratic Partisanism-Man Killed
BY a Trsin-NOtes and Gleanings.
INDIANA.
Evansville Finds that Democratic Partisan
Meanness Comes High.

Meanness Comes High.
Special to the Indianapolis JournaL
EVANSVILLE, Dec. 26-This city is Just now
undergoing a great agitation, the result of the
partisan utteranees of Democratic leaders and
papers, and our citizens will have to pay dearly
for such political capital. This city and county,
under Democratic rule, have been so f1agrantly
mismanaged that at the last county and city
election the entire Republican tickets were
elected. with one exception in each case. and
since that time Democratic politicians and pa
pers have lost opportunity in giving vent to
their discomfort
Since the last city Republican victory the
Democrats have kept up the cry smake the fire
department bipartisan by employing half
Democrats" although this idea was never enter
tanned for moment during the four years the
Ragged Reubens had control of affairs. yet their
fire department. of the worst in the his
tory of Evansville. To this howl the City Coun-
Gil has paid attention. and has gone on in its
even tenor.
During the continued drought of the past few
months this city has been unfortunate in having
several serious fires, but in case has the fire
department been derelict in its duty and the
city's misfortune has given the Democratic kick
opportunity to show their hand for polit-
ment was renewed, and so persistent were they
in the abuse of the present department that it
attracted the attention of the principal insurance
companies of the country, doing business here,
and shortly after the State Board of Under
writers, of Indianapolis, and the local commits
sion board, of Cincinnati, visited Evansville and
raised insurance rates 10 per cent, giving as a
cause the insuffciency of the fire department to
cope with fires. This incensed our people and
local insurance agents. and the latter refused to
add the increase to new policies. second visit
of the State board and commission followed,
last week, to learn the cause of the rates not
being put up ordered A conference followed,
and the local agents had just succeeded in
vincing the foreign agents that there was no
truth in the stories sent out from here. when
ness house destroyed and block of valu-
able buildings saved from destruction, yet the
howlers, knowing of the presence of the foreign
insurance representatives lost time in again
demanding a change in the department. The
visitors profted by the kick" and insisting
on the Is per cent. advance unless the City Coun-
ell make change in the fire department and
agree to eXpend almost half million dollars in
additional improvement in the water-works and
for fire apparatus. Our citizens have awakened
to the enormity of the demand and are backing
the Council in its refusal to be led into such
absurd scheme. 1t is now given out that the adj
vance Will not be imposed by local agents. and
if the foreign companies withdraw from the field
home insurance companies will be organized
and given the patronage of the people of Evans
vile.
The Democracy have taken more rope than
was intended for them and they are at a
loss to the best way to retrieve. They have
dug their graves and will soon be put to
sleep in them. Their course has been too dis
honorable for the decent and fair minded people
of this CITY